Re: G-4 Firewire ports fry devices?

[Jack Russell]

On Jul 15, 2004, at 4:00 PM, Philip Stortz wrote:
so how does one plug a firewire cable in backwards?  <bigsnip>
It's a SOT failure (stupid operator trick) It is not easy, the 
connectors are well designed and polarized. It can happen. I have seen 
a USB connector plugged in upside down and that is supposed to be 
completely impossible. The designers just never reckoned with a cheaply 
made peecee port and the determination, including tool use, by a human 
to "make it fit !!#**&%! damn it".
  i'd like to use firewire, what does one (even a highly skilled user) 
need to be aware of?  thanks.
No reason you shouldn't. It's great technology. You cannot easily 
connect it wrong.
Kyle Hansen wrote:

It only does that if you plug the FW cable in backwards.  Seriously.
Kyle H. Hansen
The ability of humans to defy engineers carefully designed devices 
knows no bounds. <G>

Jack Russell
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